C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942)
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C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942)
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- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948; Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942; Muir, John, 1838-1914. crp; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. crp; Online Archive of California
- Publication date
- 1798
- Topics
- United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy, United States. Division of Biological Survey, United States. Biological Survey, United States. Bureau of Biological Survey, Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899), Bering Sea controversy, Bears, Biogeography, Natural history, Ornithology, Botany, Life zones, Wildlife conservation
- Collection
- bancroft_library; microfilm; americana; additional_collections
- Contributor
- The Bancroft Library
- Language
- English
- Volume
- Geographical Distribution and Geography
Included in: History of Science and Technology Collection
Correspondence, letterpress copybooks, manuscripts, notes, clippings, pamphlets, printed matter, scrapbooks, notebooks, certificates and financial papers documenting this naturalist's long and varied career. The papers cover a wide range of topics including natural history, zoology, ornithology, geography, geographic distribution, botany and wildlife conservation. The extensive correspondence files include prominent individuals from many of the fields noted above, including Merriam's sister Florence Bailey, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Vernon Bailey, to name just a few. The papers document Dr. Merriam's long association with the United States Biological Survey and other surveys beginning with the Hayden Survey of the Rocky Mountain West in 1872 through the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. Also included are papers on his involvement, beginning in 1891, in the Bering Sea controversy over seal hunting. Among the subject files are a large group of files on bears of North America and files on geographical distribution and the development of Dr. Merriam's Life Zone Theory
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.023)
Stereoviews of Yellowstone, Utah, and the Snake River transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.078--STER)
Stereoviews from the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.081--STER)
Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell survey transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.082--STER)
Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite views transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.103--PIC)
Related collections: C. Hart Merriam papers (BANC MSS 80/18 c); C. Hart Merriam collection of Native American photographs (BANC PIC 1978.008--PIC) ; Florence Merriam Bailey papers (BANC MSS 79/139 c and BANC MSS 82/46 z)
Lantern slides transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1979.086)
C. Hart Merriam papers, including personal journals from 1873-1938;
Naturalist and founder of the U.S. Biological Survey (1885-1910). Studied California Indians, recording their languages (ca. 1898-1938)
Finding aid available in Library. Electronic version available on the Internet
Correspondence, letterpress copybooks, manuscripts, notes, clippings, pamphlets, printed matter, scrapbooks, notebooks, certificates and financial papers documenting this naturalist's long and varied career. The papers cover a wide range of topics including natural history, zoology, ornithology, geography, geographic distribution, botany and wildlife conservation. The extensive correspondence files include prominent individuals from many of the fields noted above, including Merriam's sister Florence Bailey, Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Vernon Bailey, to name just a few. The papers document Dr. Merriam's long association with the United States Biological Survey and other surveys beginning with the Hayden Survey of the Rocky Mountain West in 1872 through the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. Also included are papers on his involvement, beginning in 1891, in the Bering Sea controversy over seal hunting. Among the subject files are a large group of files on bears of North America and files on geographical distribution and the development of Dr. Merriam's Life Zone Theory
Photographs transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.023)
Stereoviews of Yellowstone, Utah, and the Snake River transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.078--STER)
Stereoviews from the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.081--STER)
Stereoviews of Indians and the Colorado River from the J.W. Powell survey transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.082--STER)
Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite views transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1980.103--PIC)
Related collections: C. Hart Merriam papers (BANC MSS 80/18 c); C. Hart Merriam collection of Native American photographs (BANC PIC 1978.008--PIC) ; Florence Merriam Bailey papers (BANC MSS 79/139 c and BANC MSS 82/46 z)
Lantern slides transferred to the Pictorial Collections of the Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1979.086)
C. Hart Merriam papers, including personal journals from 1873-1938;
Naturalist and founder of the U.S. Biological Survey (1885-1910). Studied California Indians, recording their languages (ca. 1898-1938)
Finding aid available in Library. Electronic version available on the Internet
Notes
Film/Fiche is presented as originally captured.
- Addeddate
- 2012-05-08 15:11:21
- Associated-names
- Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948; Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942; Muir, John, 1838-1914; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919; Online Archive of California
- Call number
- BANC MSS 83/129 C (reel 45)
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1041786240
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- chartmerriampape045merr
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t4cn87k69
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 8.0
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.11
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.14
- Page-progression
- lr
- Pages
- 666
- Possible copyright status
- Physical copy owned by the UC Regents and housed at The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
- Ppi
- 300
- Scandate
- 20120510170653
- Scanner
- microfilm05p.sanfrancisco.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- sanfrancisco
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 86118190
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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